Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-03-09
Musical Column.
PROP. 8. NJ. WHITE, Editor.
Prof. Howard q. A.,
Plays the guitar very nicely they say,
Though you cut half the strings,
Still the instrument Aings,
8uch "A skillfui performer Ia he

Prof Howard q. A.,
Plays the guitar very nicely they say,
Though you cut half the strings,
Still the instrument Aings,
Such skillful performer 10 he.
Trinity church choir is preparing
a very fine program for the Easter
service. The music will be of high
order.
A new piece of music is called
1.-THE Tobacco waltz" 1t should be
played on a pipe organ.
After a rehearsal of an amateur
opera society few evenings since, the
director spoke about casting the op
erette of "Jonah and the Whale" al
which there were numerous demands
for solo parts. One said if he could get
nothing else he would be willing to
play the whale. Another thought he
might play the sea, at which a jolly
wag in the party suggested the pos
sibility of his being little too fresh
to do it justice.-(Clef)
Rehearsals of the Alpena Musical
Society every Monday night at the
Armory are we'll attended. Over
forty new members have been ad-
ded to the society since the beginning
of this seasons work.
Miss Cora Small is taking vocal
lessons of Mr.. White.
The Star Opera Co. will return to
Athena soon to FIJI a weeks engage
ment.
There is some talk among the
young men of the city about giving
minstrel entertainment. There is
talent enough in Alpena to give a
first class program, not excelled by
the best travelling companies.
1.-THE pitch is too high" as the
music teacher said who fell out of a
third story window.
People who believe that there is
no such thing as profane music will
not agree with the distinguished A.
w. Thayer, when he talks about chat
melody" We won't 60
Home till Morning.
After months of delay the new
opera "Ruddygore" of Gilbert e.
Sullivan has been bought before
the New York public. The fol-
lowing criticism is taken from the
Drama: "The feeling of dis
was echoed by the daily
press and confirmed by the public
generally. Ruddygore proved to be
a disappointment after the Mikado
and its predecessors. 1t was too pal
pably inferior to them in almost every
respect. And yet its inferiority lies
in the lack of salient points in the
dialogue, and in the crude confusion
Of the plot and incidents, rather than
IN the music.
A definition of fugue, from
musical point of view; A piece in
which one part runs away from the
others and the hearers runs away
from them all.
Music hath charms to soothe the
savage breast" That's why they put
/ brass band around a dogs neck.
Mrs. Florence J. Adams in an in
.erview with a representative of the
Chicago Tribune says: "Children's
voices before they learn to initiate
heir elders, are perfect. They talk
Is the linnet sings. The lower classes
If every country, in spite of their
iarshness and corruptness of speech,
nave good quality of voice. They
produce the great singers of the
world. The modern Italian method
If voice building, you know, is found
ID on the idea of kinship between the
speaking voice and the singing voice.
The same training goes to make each.
There is no reason why one who has
I'll the natural vocal organs cannot
ing as well as speak. If he can
peak truly without affection or false
less, he can sing we'll"